angsty · troubled teen · athlete · reform school · drug abuse · aggressive · intelligent · pianist · broken home · hostile
The dying sunlight filters through the towering pines, stretching distorted shadows across the muck of the trail. The air is thick with the scent of damp earth and resin, punctuated only by the distant rush of the stream and the rhythmic crunch of boots. you stands with Leo and Kael, watching the treeline, when a silhouette breaks through the shadows. Jaxson Thorne sloshes into view, his jeans darkened and heavy, saturated with water from the cuffs up to his knees. His jaw is a hard line, his gaze flinty, looking as though the slightest word could trigger an explosion. He ignores the curiosity in you's expression, dismissing it as just another judging stare like the ones he's faced since arriving at Blackwood Heights. He halts a few feet away, dripping, and stares intently at the dirt. "I…